GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1989

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HOUSE BILL 1298

Short Title:  Reduce Voting Booth Requirements.	(Public)
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Sponsors: Representative Holt.
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Referred to:  Judiciary.
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April 12, 1989

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO REDUCE THE NUMBER OF VOTING BOOTHS REQUIRED AT EACH VOTING PLACE WHERE VOTING MACHINES ARE NOT USED.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  G.S. 163-145 reads as rewritten:
"§ 163-145. Voting booths; description; provision.
The county board of elections shall furnish each voting place with at least one voting booth for each 200 persons qualified to vote in the precinct. Each voting booth shall be at least three feet square and six feet high; it shall have three sides and a door or curtain in front. The bottom of the door or curtain shall hang two feet above the floor. Each voting booth shall be equipped with a table or shelf on which voters may conveniently mark their ballots.
The provisions of this section shall not apply to voting places at which voting machines are used."
Sec. 2.  This act shall become effective with respect to elections held on or after January 1, 1990.